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Peter Hamor Postpones Api, Reflects on Exploratory Apinism
Peter Hamor has postponed his attempt to climb Mt....
Annapurna: First Rotation Done, Despite Lots of Snow
Climbers on Annapurna have completed their first rotation to...
Despite Last Year’s Price Hikes, Pakistan Remains a Bargain for High-Altitude Mountaineering
Climbing fees in Pakistan have not increased in 2026,...
The Himalayan Database Rejects Confortola’s Kangchenjunga Ascent, Questions Four Others
Marco Confortola hoped 2025 would be the year when...
Denis Urubko Logs 20 Alpine-Style Attempts on 8,000m Peaks
To provide context for his and Maria Cardell's feat...
Everest and Other 8,000’ers in Nepal By the Numbers
The Himalayan Database has updated its list of spring...
New Routes, Partial New Routes, and Variations: What’s the Difference?
Opening a new route is every climber's dream, but...
The Best Russian Climbs of the Year
The Russian Mountaineering Association has published its shortlist of...
How Tom Hornbein Revolutionized Oxygen Masks on Everest
This week marks two years since the death and...
Autumn 8,000m Roundup: Failure on Makalu and Dhaulagiri, Success on Cho Oyu
The joint summit push of Seven Summit Treks and...
Tibet: Cho Oyu Climbers Get Green Light, But Shisha Pangma Cancelled
For the first time in years, expeditions were planned...
Climbers Head for Nepal’s Mountains, Escape Curfews
Nepal is still in political turmoil, but the army's...
First Permit List, Everest Skiers in Base Camp, Climbers Arriving
Climbing on Manaslu is underway, with the rope-fixing team...
Climbers Head Up Gasherbrum I and Broad Peak, Kowalewski Airlifted
The forecast promises better weather, but climbers cannot afford...
Summit Push Plans on Gasherbrums, Uncertainty on Broad Peak
With the rope-fixing work stalled on K2 and Broad...
Remembering South Korean Mountaineer Kim Chang-ho
Kim Chang-ho was a South Korean mountaineer who summited...
Breaking Boundaries: Naila Kiani is Changing Mountaineering in Pakistan
Naila Kiani is on her way to becoming the...
40th Anniversary of First Paragliding Descent From an 8,000m Summit
On July 11, 1985, Pierre Gevaux made the first...
Legendary Alpinist Krystyna Palmowska, 76, Dies in Climbing Fall
One of Poland's great alpinists of the 1970s and...
David Goettler on Modern Alpinism, Xenon, and His Upcoming Climb of Nanga Parbat
David Goettler is on his way to Nanga Parbat...
Roundup of Action on Makalu, Dhaulagiri, Kangchenjunga
While Everest and the summit push on Annapurna garner...
